Multiclass Event

The Multiclass event hosted at the Victorian Interschools since 2013 is an opportunity for students from any Victorian School with a physical or intellectual impairment to participate in a fun and welcoming environment. Please click here for more information on the Multiclass program around the Victorian Interschools.

In 2019 for the second year NSW and Victorian Interschools Multiclass participants will qualify to attend the National Interschools at Mt Buller on Friday the 6th of September.

The VISC is proud to announce that the 2019 Victorian Interschools Snowsports Championships will include the Victorian Interschools Multiclass Event for children with special needs to be held on Wednesday 21st of August 2019.

This event, which has come about due to the efforts of a small group of parents and teachers, in conjunction with VISC, Disabled Wintersport Australia (DWA) and Special Olympics Victoria (SOV), provides school aged students with a physical or intellectual impairment with an opportunity to compete at Victorian Interschools in their own event for the first time. Entrants will also have an opportunity to participate in a two day DWA development camp at Mt Buller in the days prior to the event. Please click here for more information on the 2019 DWA Victorian Interschools Preparation Camp. Divisions will replicate existing mainstream events with both individual and team races across all Divisions. Around 25 students are expected to compete and the Event will also include a number of invitation competitors from the SOV pathway.

The Aims of the event are as follows

Offer a Multiclass Snowsports event for all Primary and Secondary aged students with a physical or intellectual impairment and, through inclusion as part of the mainstream Interschools event, promote acceptance for all and foster understanding and respect within the wider community

Develop a greater sense of opportunity and inclusion for all within the Alpine community through a common love of skiing / boarding and achieve respect and recognition from their peers and the wider community.

Provide an opportunity for students with special needs to demonstrate courage and compete safely and confidently against their peers in a race environment.

With the inclusion of a number of athletes with physical impairments in 2016, a classification system for physically impaired athletes is being developed in line with Para sport events as follows: